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I'm not against this ruling. I don't think the government should have any say in the matter, whatsoever. I think the judge lied, though. I don't think she would rule the same, regardless of the situation. The US is so hypocritical with these sorts of issues. It would be okay to have a 'Black night', but not a 'White night'. It's not about equality, it's about settling scores.

Although I agree that businesses should be allowed to discriminate, you are pretty much wrong on everything else. A "Ladies Night" price for women is not discriminatory against men like "white night" would be discriminatory against black people. It is actually designed to make the bar scene better for men and women by lowering the price to increase the demand among women and therefore making it less of a sausage factory for men.

Although I agree that businesses should be allowed to discriminate, you are pretty much wrong on everything else. A "Ladies Night" price for women is not discriminatory against men like "white night" would be discriminatory against black people. It is actually designed to make the bar scene better for men and women by lowering the price to increase the demand among women and therefore making it less of a sausage factory for men.

The exact equivalent would be making a cover $10 for black people, but $5 for white people, because you want more white people to show up. It's price discrimination either way, but that should be legal provided there isn't bait-and-switch/fraud/contract-breaking going on.

The exact equivalent would be making a cover $10 for black people, but $5 for white people, because you want more white people to show up. It's price discrimination either way, but that should be legal provided there isn't bait-and-switch/fraud/contract-breaking going on.

No, that is not the exact equivalent, because black people don't, as a general rule, go to clubs to meet white people.

It's designed to encourage overall satisfaction for both sexes, not to suit the club owner's sexist proclivities.

A) You don't know that; and B) you can't make legislation based on guessing people's motivations for their business practices. That is why hate crime laws are unconstitutional prima facie. Besides, an owner may be concerned that different theme nights at his or her place are getting to be too monochromatic. Jazz clubs tend to be full of old white people nowadays. Maybe they want to encourage younger black people to attend by changing the drink specials or having more eclectic music?

Although I agree that businesses should be allowed to discriminate, you are pretty much wrong on everything else. A "Ladies Night" price for women is not discriminatory against men like "white night" would be discriminatory against black people. It is actually designed to make the bar scene better for men and women by lowering the price to increase the demand among women and therefore making it less of a sausage factory for men.

When did you start caring about intent? I don't think intent is relevant to this issue, at all.

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